paradox
【自相矛盾的】
单词:paradox
🔹 发音:
- 美式发音:[ˈpærəˌdɑks]
- 英式发音:[ˈpærədɒks]
1. 释义
paradox(名词)指的是一种自相矛盾的情况、论点或命题,通常看似违反直觉、逻辑或常理,但经过深入分析后可能揭示出某种真理或深刻含义。简单来说,paradox 是一个看似不可能或矛盾的事物,但实际上却可能成立或揭示更深的意义。
常见含义:
- 自相矛盾的命题或情境
- 例:The statement "This sentence is false" is a paradox.
(“这句话是假的”是一个悖论。)
- 例:The statement "This sentence is false" is a paradox.
- 表面上矛盾但具有深刻意义的事实或情况
- 例:The paradox of modern technology is that it makes life easier but also more complicated.
(现代科技的悖论是,它使生活更轻松,但也变得更加复杂。)
- 例:The paradox of modern technology is that it makes life easier but also more complicated.
2. 用法
常见句型:
- a paradox of + 名词 → ……的悖论
- 例:The paradox of life is that it can be both beautiful and painful.
(生活的悖论在于它既美丽又痛苦。)
- 例:The paradox of life is that it can be both beautiful and painful.
- a paradox that + 从句 → ……的悖论
- 例:It's a paradox that the more we know, the less we understand.
(这是一个悖论,知识越多,我们理解的反而越少。)
- 例:It's a paradox that the more we know, the less we understand.
- seem paradoxical → 看起来自相矛盾
- 例:It may seem paradoxical that the richest people often give away the most money.
(看起来很矛盾,最富有的人往往捐出最多的钱。)
- 例:It may seem paradoxical that the richest people often give away the most money.
3. 例句
- 例如:The paradox of freedom is that it requires limits.
(自由的悖论是,它需要界限。) - 例如:The paradox of success is that it often comes with failure.
(成功的悖论是,它往往伴随失败而来。) - 例如:She found it a paradox that doing less work can sometimes lead to better results.
(她发现做得少反而能取得更好的结果是一个悖论。)
4. 相关词汇
词汇 | 含义 | 例句 |
---|---|---|
contradiction | 矛盾,指两种互相排斥或不一致的情况 | There is a contradiction in his argument.(他的论点中存在矛盾。) |
oxymoron | 矛盾修辞法,指两个看似矛盾的词语并列使用 | "Deafening silence" is an oxymoron.(“震耳欲聋的沉默”是一个矛盾修辞法。) |
enigma | 谜,指难以理解的情况或事物 | His behavior remains an enigma to us.(他的行为对我们来说仍是一个谜。) |
5. 总结
- paradox 是指一种看似自相矛盾、违反常理的情况,但深入思考后可能揭示某种深刻的真理或意义。
- 在哲学、文学、科学等领域,paradox 常被用来引发思考或表达复杂的观点。